On Radji Beach: The Story Of The Australian Nurses After The Fall Of Singapore
Author: Ian W. Shaw
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: $34.99 AUD
: 9781405040242
: Pan Macmillan Australia Pty, Limited
: Pan Macmillan Australia Pty, Limited
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: 01 August 2010
: 234mm X 153mm
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Description
When Singapore fell to the Japanese in 1942, amongst the evacuees who scrambled to leave were 65 Australian nurses. They boarded a coastal freighter named the Vyner Brooke, which was sunk by the Japanese. The shipwreck survivors marooned on Radji Beach, including 22 nurses, voted to surrender, but were all killed by the Japanese. Only one survived.
Author description
Ian Shaw is the author of The Bloodbath: The 1945 VFL Grand Final.
